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    Need a new router, advice would be great

    Hi, I have an ac86u which is great but I have 2 bedrooms that out of reach even if I only live in a 160m2 apartment for some reason the doors or walls are blocking my wifi so I’m using powerlines to get my devices connected which is not ideal as the actual throughput is weak, 1200mbps advertised...
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    Need help with home network dilemna

    So I have been running my home network on wifi mostly as the guy who did the wiring when I did the renovation of my house screwed it up. The only place I can have my isp modem is in the kitchen. So I have the ISP modem there , called another guy who put a cat5e cable through the ceiling to reach...
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    Jffs corrupt ??

    So woke up this morning with a lot wifi errors showing in the logs, then no stats available , i started digging. Turns out the jffs partition is almost full 47/49mb and now even my dhcp table is gone..what can I do to fix this?clients ips are all over the place and my whole network is messed up...
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    Google dns forcing

    Looks like I have 2 rogue devices bypassing my dns set-up. I'm using a phone set-up with my ac86u on latest Merlin. Among other things, i have a nvidia shield tv and the samsung q95t both of them seems to be using some forced Google dns hardcoding. I use netflix as an example, i use my phone and...
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    Most effective wifi settings for 86u

    So I'm looking for some guidance, I'm streaming from USB3 hooked to my 86u using the nvidia shield tv which is connected to the network via 5ghz wifi. I'm experiencing some random buffering, i know wifi shouldn't be as fast as gbit lan but I don't have a choice. When streaming a movie i see the...
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    Best way to set up file sharing

    I'm having trouble setting up my Plex media server in a sense there's a bottleneck somewhere but can't figure out where. I have 2 powered USB drives hooked to my 86U and 2 others hooked to a Minix (android box with gbit). When I play files on the Lining running Kodi, all the files play fine even...
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    CPU 100% on ac86u

    Hello, si I have been experiencing some issues for a couple of weeks now. My ac86u is showing 100% CPU after few hours of operating and out of nowhere I start seeing this Oct 6 07:07:56 kernel: bcm63xx_nand ff801800.nand: intfc status c80000e0 Oct 6 07:07:59 kernel: bcm63xx_nand ff801800.nand...
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    Help with my setup

    So as you can see it hopefully can see from the diagram, I have an odd setup. My ISP modem and the ac86u are in the kitchen with the ac86u acting as the DHCP server and 3 cat6 cables are going from there to living room, kids room and guest room. The tricky part is my bedroom can't be cabled so...
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    Getting a new router

    So i have 2 AC86 routers that i use at home but one of them's WIFI antennas died on me:( both radios are off, i'm looking for a replacement i need something with high wifi throughout and great CPU for VPN client/server use. any suggestions?im not gonna buy another ac86 as its been a nightmare for me
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    Both wifi bands dead on 86u

    So my 86u 2.4ghz band has been dead for a while,I was sent a replacement and they left the faulty one as well. Forward to yesterday, I had a power surge, the router got stuck in botloop, I did the wps reset but this time both wifi LED are dead. Started from scratch, both show channel 0. In one...
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    86u stuck when rebooting or updating

    So have 2 ac86u one is my router and the other one serves as an AP and it's connected through LAN to the main one. I have this problem with the AP as it gets stuck whenver I reboot it, I try to update the fw or there's a power outage. Is there a way to know what's causing it ? Sent from my...
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    High android wifi related wakelocks

    Ever since I started using my 86u (be it official or asus Merlin FW) my Android phones are being kept awake due to high wifi wakelocks confirmed by using BBS. I'm suspecting different settings but dunno if or how they affect wifi performance. First I think aicloud is broadcasting packets to all...
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    Use VPN server for dns queries only

    Hi, I use OpenVpn server on my 86U along with pihole. But when using my phone my internet speed is slow as it turns out I'm using my home connection whereas I would like to use my LTE connection which is much faster than my fiber upload speeds. I commented push "redirect-gateway def1...
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    Slow speeds over OpenVpn

    I have read posts here which describes the 86u as one of the best routers for OpenVpn performance yet I'm experiencing terrible speed when using 86u as a VPN server. On wifi I get my whole 100mbit bandwidth, as soon as use the VPN server on my s9+ I get 10% of that. I'm using UDP 1194 port lz0...
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    Bypassing Google DNS on Android

    Hi, running latest Asuswrt Merlin on my 86u and a pihole, most of what i wanted is accomplished, however i have some issues when using VPN and pihole. even if i push dhcp-option dns, Google DNS is taking over on my galaxy S9+, i tried using other VPNs clients and same resuly, looks like Android...
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    Pihole and 86u router

    Hi, yesterday I decided to use my spare rpi3 foe pihole. Everything is running fine, as I set up the IP of the rpi as the dns on the router. I edited hosts on the pihole to see client's name instead of seeing only the router IP, however doesn't seem to work. Is there any other settings in the...
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    AC86U bricked or just stuck ?

    I have 2 AC86U, one is directly hooked to my fiber modem as a bridge and another one used in AP mode. Everything was great until today since I updated the main to latest Merlin everything went smooth, then tried to upgrade the AP one which is also running Merlin fw but that's when it all went to...
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    OpenVPN setup complications

    So I have 2 86u and one belkin routers. My main 86u is connected through my ISP modem so all the routing and dhcp is done through the first 86u. The second 86u is in the living room and that's where most of my devices are and that's the wifi router I use throughout the house except for my...
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    RT AC86U 2.4ghz dead

    It's not even 3 weeks old, Amazon is sending me a free replacement so I get to keep this one. Is this hardware fault on these series ? I read a lot of bad reviews mostly because of this
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    Help me with my network

    Hello, i have my current set up and its causing some problems ISP router connected to powerline through LAN bridged connection with DHCP disabled POWERLINE 2 is conencted to ASUS router through WAN with DHCP enabled All the machines hooked through ASUS router LANs work Powerline 3 is connected...
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